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23100911D 1 SENATE BILL NO. 791 = 2 Offered January 11, 2023 3 Prefiled November 29, 2022 z 4 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 32.1 a chapter numbered 21, consisting of H 5 sections numbered 32.1-376 through 32.1-379, and by adding a section numbered 38.2-3449.2, 6 relating to establishment of the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act; health benefit w 7 plans; coverage for gender transition procedures. o 8 —— o Patron—Chase 9 atron—Chas 0 10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health c 11 —_— 12 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: O 13 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Title 32.1 a chapter numbered 21, consisting N 14 of sections numbered 32.1-376 through 32.1-379, and by adding a section numbered 38.2-3449.2 as 15 follows: o 16 CHAPTER 21. 17 SAVE ADOLESCENTS FROM EXPERIMENTATION (SAFE) ACT. 18 § 32.1-376. Definitions. 19 As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: 20 "Biological sex" means the biological indication of male and female in the context of reproductive 21 potential or capacity, such as sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and 22 nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an individual's 23 psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender. (é) 24 "Cross-sex hormones" means: 3 25 1. Testosterone or other androgens given to biological females in amounts that